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Message: RE: Goldfish, aka The "Spider" (ZL axis does not apply)
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From: Mike Davis <davis at alsc.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 16:32:54 UTC
whoa! What I remember from judges school? 'zero-lift axis' only applies to verticals. Yes your 45's need to be 45's and you need to adjust your pitch accordingly. This is no different than the jillion other 45 lines found in the blue book. pretty tough to fly a 45 when generating 'zero lift'! davis at alsc.com ---------- From: administrator[SMTP:administrator at harten.cbu.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 06, 1997 10:04 PM To: iac Subject: Goldfish, aka The "Spider" I recent practice of the goldfish in the advanced sequence, and obvious debate is cropping up regarding judgeing criterion. In every airplane that I know, a constant 45 degree "zero lift axis" before and after the ascending snap roll results in a markedly flatter flight path after the snap roll. So much speed is lost in the roll that this is simply inevitable. ALL of the critiquers I have been working with are calling "shallow after" for this portion. Adopting enough pitch to present something near to a continuous 45 degree flight path results in about a 70 degree pitch angle. Clearly, this is substantially at odds with the red book. So, when we go to contests this year, are we going to get marked down for either "shallow after" or "steep after" (due to taking steep pitch to give prettier presentation)? Anybody else think this is going to give lots of opportunity for random judging. It might be worth saying that if we see a good looking flight path after the snap, then we KNOW that the zero lift axis has gone steeper, yes? What to do, what to do. Don Peterson Dallas, Tx. PS: I prefer watching a good flight path presentation, and have no objection to flying it. I also find it easier to judge, but the rule book says this should not be so.